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3 Tried-and-True Tips for a Frugal Family

Saving Cents With Sense

You can find lightly used clothes and toys at garage sales or thrift stores to save as much as 90 percent off retail, according to LivingOnADime.com, a site dedicated to frugal living. Instead of spending your hard-earned money on graduates, why not spend much less by hiring the students while they are still learning?

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10 Reasons You’re Broke

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You go weekend e-baying, garage-saling or to the flea markets. Related posts: How to Graduate College Without Being Broke. If you think you need it, attend shopoholics anonymous. You have bad money habits. You have pizza every Friday night. You have a latte on the way to work every day. What are some good habits you can do?

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

Three years later, she graduated, and my dad decided to do the same. Hosting garage sales & reselling items. My parents were married for 7 years before having kids, and during that time they both worked – my dad is an engineer, and my mom’s a nurse, so they made pretty good money!

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The Best Time to Buy Anything During the Year – Details

Coupons Do Work

Other Items on Sale: Last-minute cruise deals, discounted gym memberships, end-of-fiscal-year electronics, tax discounts, and secondhand items at garage sales. May starts Cinco de Mayo and Mother’s Day and ends with Memorial Day—a weekend that’s become a shopping sales bonanza. I got napkins for $0.79

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Yakezie Carnival – Credit Cards Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Discussing how it is easier to eat healthy when you have food stamps but once that is gone or you have “graduated” from the program, you can no longer eat as well. Debt consolidation loans help minimize the payment you have to pay, which was a huge help back when I was a broke college graduate. Penge Snak!: